Hair curling



R. P. BURNS HAIR CURLING May 23, 1939.

Filed Aug. 19, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 I V NT OR 05.59: P g ve/r5 "6%;

W ATTORNEYS R. Pl BURNS HAIR CURLING May 23, 1939.

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Filed Aug. 19, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR @0552? P flue/vs WV-ATTORNEYS Patented May 23, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 16Claims.

This invention relates to the formation of hair curls, in situ, andpertains more particularly to an improved method of forming such curls,an apparatus by which the method may be carried out, and an improvedcomposite hairpin assembly useful with such apparatus.

One of the particular objects of the invention is to provide a method offorming hair curls by which the hair may be formed into a spiral curl onthe head, and fixed in curled condition by insertion of a holdinghairpin into compressive engagement with the inner and outer peripheriesof the curl.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair-curling deviceadapted to form a curl from a strand orlock of hair, and provided with amagazine supply of hairpins which may be ejected into compressiveengagement with the formed curl, after which the completed and securedcurl may be removed from the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a composite hairpinassembly, in which a plurality of hairpins are arranged in stackedalinement and intersecured by means of a deformable cementing agentarranged at preferred positions with respect to theassembled hairpins.

The present invention is concerned with the use of a particular type ofhairpin, namely, that type known'to the trade as a bobbie" pin, whichcomprises a ribbon-like spring member bent back upon itself to providecoacting spring fingers or legs between which the hair is adapted to besecured. Throughout the present specification and claims, therefore,wherever the word "hairpin is employed, it will be understood that ahairpin of this. general type is contemplated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair-curling deviceadapted to carry a supply of hairpins which may be ejected intoretaining position on a formed curl, characterized by the adaptabilityof the device to the positioning of any desired number of hairpins upona single curl, dependent upon the requirements of a particular user.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device adapted forself-use, characterized by its adaptability to facile, manual operationby a person working upon his or her own hair.

The method of the present invention comprises the formation of a spiralcurl of hair upon an elongated mandrel, providing a spreading memberadjacent one end of the hair-receiving portion of said mandrel inposition to engage the opposing coacting fingers of a hairpin of abobble type and spread the same apart, passing a hairpin longitudinallyof the mandrel over the spreading member, with one finger of thehair-pin disposed between the mandrel and the inner periphery of thecurl and the other finger of the hairpin disposed at the outer peripheryof the curl, withdrawing the spreading member transversely oi themandrel to allow the coacting fingers of the hairpin to'collapse intocompressive engagement with the hair curl, and withdrawing the curl andthe positioning hairpin from the mandrel. V

The device of the present invention comprises, essentially, a rotatablymounted mandrel member adapted to receive a lock of hair and to form aspiral curl of such look upon rotation, an associated housing membercarrying a magazine adapted to receive a plurality of hairpins of thebobble type, and associated operating lever means adapted to operateupon one of the contained hairpins to eject the same into a posi- 20tion clamping the spiral curl of hair, with one leg or finger of thehairpin disposed adjacent the mandrel and thus on the inside of thecurl, and the cooperating leg or finger oi the hairpin disposedexteriorly of the spiral curl. The de-. vice preferably also includesmeans for spreading the hairpin as it is ejected from the body portionof the curler deviceinto clamping position on the spiral-curled hair, sothat free insertion of the hairpin over the formed curl is obtained,together with means for withdrawing the spreading means when the hairpinis fully ejected from the device, in order to facilitate ready removalof the curled lock and the associated hairpin from its position on thecurling'mandrel. The device preferably also comprises means forrestricting the direction of rotation of the curling mandrel to onedirection or the other, wherefore a formed curl will have no tendency tounwind prior.to the time that the hairpin is secured in position overthe curl body.

The composite hairpin assembly of the present invention comprises aplurality of hairpins oi the bobble type arranged in stacked alinement,with the respective opposing fingers of the pins superimposed upon oneanother, and secured together through the agency of an adheringdeiormable film oi cementing material extending along the return-bendportion of the several hairpins and along the tip portions of thestraight fingers of the hairpins.

Other objects and features of the invention will be :brought out in theensuing description of a preferred embodiment thereof, or will beapparent from such description. Such preferred embodiment is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and referring thereto:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the device in use, showing theengagement of the end oi a lock of hair at the position of thecurlingmandrel;

Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. l showing the device wound upabout the lock or hair to form a curl and. also showirm the start of theoperation which results in the ejection of a hairpin into position onthe curl itself;

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2, inwhich the movementresulting in the ejection of the hairpin on the curl is substantiallycom.- pleted;

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Figs. 1 to 3, showing the completedoperation of forming the I curl of hair and placing the curler pin inposition thereon, and showing the curl partially removed from themandrel member; I

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, partly broken-away side elevation of the device,which may be consideredto be taken on line 5-45 in Fig. 8;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the portion of the device indicated withinthe dot-and-dash outline at 6 in Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 is a longitudinal section taken on line I-1 in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7a is a fragmentary section corresponding to Fig. 7 showing thehairpin in its initial position, just before the ejection movement isstarted;

Fig. 7b is a view corresponding to Fig. 7a showing'a hairpin in itsfully ejected position, prior to the manual removal of the hair curl:and hairpin from the curling mandrel Fig. 8 is a partly sectionallongitudinal plan view taken on line H in Fig. 5;

Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken on line 99 in Fig. 5;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view of the portion of the deviceindicated within the dot-dash modified form of device, partly brokenaway,

outline ID in Fig. 8; I

Fig. 11 is an enlarged transverse section of a and taken at a positioncorresponding to that shown at] I-I Iin Fig. 8;

Fig. 12 is a view corresponding to Fig. 11, showing the device in analternative operating position;

Fig. 13 is a side elevation, partly broken away, taken on line I3--l3 inFig. 11;

Fig. 14' is a plan view of a stacked composite arrangement of aplurality of bobble pins useful in connection. with the presentinvention; and

Fig. 15 is a side elevation of such composite assembly of bobble pins.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 5 through 10, thedevice of thepresent invention is shown as comprising an elongated mandrel I providedwith a plurality of longitudinally etxending, peripherally spacedgrooves or recesses 2 atone end thereof and defining a hair-receivingportion, and with a knob 3 at the other end thereof by which the mandrelmay be rotated in use. The mandrel I is provided with suitable means forholding a lock' of hair in position for the curling operation, such as aclamping strip 4 pivotally mounted at the inner endof the hairreceivingportion of the device, as at 5, and provided with a cam 6 extendinginwardly of the mandrel I and engaged in a suitable notch "I in anoperating stem 8 slidablym'ounted within av hole 9 in the mandrel I andbiased outwardly thereof by means of a spring Ill. The stem 8 s earerpreferably extends beyond the end or the knob as at it, to provide anoperating button. Inward The mandrel I is rotatably mounted within asuitable housing I3, which may (Fig. 9) be formed in separable partsI31; and I3!) for facility of construction and assembly. The mandrel Iis conveniently secured in place within the housing I3 through theagency of a set-screw I a en-' gaging the housing I3 and having a tipportion engaging in an annular recess Ib in the mandrel I, as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 9. A suitable magazine member is mounted on thehousing I3 as at I4, either formed integrally therewith as illustratedin. Fig. 9, or screwed, clamped or bolted in pla'cethereon, as will beapparent to one skilled in the art, and such magazine is provided withan elongated recess I5 terminating in an elongated slot I6 in thehousing proper, such slot I'6 opening through. the housing as at I!(Fig. 7), at the end thereof directed toward the hair-receiving end ofthe mandrel I.

The recess I5 is adapted to receive a plurality of hairpins I8, disposedwith their open ends directed toward the hair-receiving portion of themandrel I, and a suitable spring-biased follower is preferably providedwithin the magazine, as at' I9, in position to bias the pins I8 towardthe slot I6 during the operation of thedevice. The follower I9 may becarried upon a suitable removable cap 2I, which is preferablyprovidedwith locking means such as a rotatable knob 22 provided with a lockingsear or cam 23'adapted to engage within a suitable slot in a side wallof the housing I.

The operating means for securing the desired ejection of a hairpin isarranged in two separate but correlated and coacting groups of elements,namely, a bolt member adapted. toforce a pin out of the slot I6 towardthe hair-receiving end of the mandrel I, and a pin-spreading mechanismlocated between the housing I3 and the hair-receiving portion of themandrel I in position to spread the opposing coacting fingers of thehairpin so as to cause one finger to extend within the hair curl at itsinner periphery and the other finger to extendover the curl at its outerperiphery and thus engage the hair in its curled condition. Theoperating bolt comprises an elongated member 25 slidably mounted withina slot26 in the housing I3, which slot 26 is continuous with the slotI6. The bolt 25 is carried by an operating head 21 slidably mounted withrespect to the housing I3 as through the agency of a plurality of rodmembers 28a, 28b, and 280 slidably disposed in suitable passages 29 inthe housing I3 and secured within the head 21 at their outer ends.Referring more particularly to Figs. 8 and 10, suitable means areprovided for preventing inadvertent removal of the rod members 28a-.28cfrom the housing I3,

as by means of a spring-biased follower member 3| disposed in a suitablepassage 32 in the body portion of the housing I3 and engaging a head 21.indicated in Fig. 2, the head or operating end 25a of the bolt 25 willbe brought Just past the rearward end of the slot I8 (the righthand ofthis slot as shown in the figures), allowing the innermost hairpin II todrop into the slot I5, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1a.

Upon left-hand or forward movement of the head I the same inwardlyagainst the bottom of the slot I6, 80 that the inward finger Ifla of thehairpin will pass inwardly of the spreader member 35. hereinafterdescribed. The spring member I6a is preferably provided with a back-upspring I5a, to provide. adequate biasing strength. In the forwardmovement of the hairpin I8a the inwardly directed finger I8a' of thehairpin will be disposed within one of the grooves 2 in the mandrel Iand the outwardly directed finger I8a" will be spaced from the peripheryof the mandrel I by the height of the member 35, as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 7. Upon further forward movement of the head 21,the bolt 25 will be forced forwardly until its operating or head end25:: projects through the opening I1, into the position shown in Fig.7b, and during the last portlon of the forward movement of the bolt, the

spreader member is moved transversely out of the path of the hairpin I8ato facilitate manual removal of the curled hair and the pin from themandrel I.

Referring to Figs. 14 and 15, it will be seen that each bobble" pincomprises a substantially straight leg or finger 5|, and an outwardlyprojecting finger 62, the two fingers being joined at a return-bendportion 63. The straight finger 6| is adapted to be inserted in one ofthe grooves 2, and the finger 62 is adapted to be engaged at its curvedtip portion 64 by the spreading member 35 in the longitudinal movementof the pin through the agency of the bolt 25. For this reason, the pinsare always to be inserted in the magazine with the fingers 52 of thepins facing the user when the device is held as shown in Figs. 1 to 4;furthermore, the slot I5- is preferably tapered rearwardly as shown inFig. 8 so that the user will not inadvertently insert the pins inreversed position.

The transverse movement of the member 35 is conveniently secured bydisposing said member in a slot 35 formed in a housing portion I30, andproviding. an operating link or crank arm 31 pivotally mounted to thestructure I30 as at 33 and having a striking portion 39 positioned forengagement by the forward end of one of the rod members 28aP-28c, suchas the rod member 28a. The crank arm 31 is provided with an arm 39'linked to the member 35 as by means of a pin 4| on said member 35 inengagement with a slot 42 in the arm 39 so that upon complete forwardmovement of the rod member 28a and the head 21, the arm 31 will be movedinto the dotdash position illustrated in Fig. 6, moving the member 35from the full line to the dot-dash line position. At this time theoperating head 25a of the bolt 25 will adapt some such .position as thatindicated at 2511 in Figs. 6 and 7b, and the rounded end or head of thepin Ifla may then be engaged by the finger tip and moved further intoengagement with the curl of hair, after which the hair curl and the pinmay be slidably removed from the mandrel.

In view of the fact that the inward finger of the hairpin is caused toengage in one of the slots 2 in the mandrel I, I preferably taper therearward ends 43 of the lands 2' which form the grooves 2, so that therounded point of the hairpin will crowd the mandrel I rotatively to oneside or the other to ensm'e proper mating of the hairpin finger with therespective groove. The rearward end of the portion of the mandrel Iwhich carries the strip 4 may also be tapered as at 4a soas'to cause thehairpin finger to enter one or the other of the grooves at therespective sides of the member 4.

It will be appreciated that after one hairpin is placed in position overa curl, the knurled portion'3 of the mandrel I may be grasped and apartial rotation of the curl effected and the curl, wherefore the usermay apply as many pins to the single curl as is desired.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, I have illustrated theseveral operating steps which may be practiced to carry out theoperation of forming and securing a curl of hair, and referring thereto,Fig. 1 shows the device in operating position, with the tip 50 of astrand 5| of hair engaged between the mandrel I and the looking orholding strip 4. The knob 3 is rotated to form the strand 5| into aspirally wound curl 52, as shown in Fig. 2, the rotation being continueduntil the desired amount of hair has been wound in the curl, after whichthe head 21 is moved rearwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2 andthen returned toward the position shown in Fig. 1, as in Fig. 3, forcinga pin 53 into position over the curl 52. After the head 21 is moved toits full forward position, so that the member 35 is fully withdrawn intoits slot 35, the curl and the pin may be grasped manually and moved fromthe mandrel I, as shown in Fig. 4. The device is then in condition for afurther operation on a second strand of hair, as will be apparent tothose skilled in the art. A suitable guard member may be provided, asshown at 55 in Figs. 1 to 4, disposed forwardly of the member 35, toprevent any portion of the hair strand 5| from being wound around themandrel closely adjacent the housing I3.

The modification pf the invention illustrated in Figs. 11 to 13corresponds generally to the form above described, with the distinctionthat means are provided for positively fixing the rotative position ofthe hair-forming mandrel with respect to the housing, so that the slotI5 will at I all times be in alinement with one of the grooves in themandrel. In this construction, the mandrel is indicated in section inFigs. 11 and 12 at H, and provided with a plurality of grooves 12. Apawl member 13 is mounted diametrically opposite the position of theslot I5, and the portion of the mandrel 1I diametrically opposite butrearwardly of the position of the holding strip 4 is blanked off as at14, as is the portion of the mandrel rearwardly of the position of saidstrip, as at 14a. The pawl 13 is adapted for inward and outward radialmovement with respect to the mandrel 1|, as in a bore 15, and terminatesin a knob member 15. The pawl is preferably biased inwardly, as by meansof a spring, 11, and is rotatably disposed within the bore 15 to providefor disposition of the locking edge 13 of 75 4 H which form the grooves12.

of .the slot 80, in which position the pawl 53,

will be held out of engagement with the lands In use, referring to Figs.1 to 4 as an illustration, the form of device shown in Figs. 11 to 13will operate in a'mannencomparable to that previously described, withthe exception that the pawl "13 would be set to permit clockwiserotationof the mandrel H (i. e., as shown in Fig. 11). Rotation of the mandrelin forming the hair curl will always result in allowing the mandrel tocome to rest in a position such that the slot i6 is alined with a groove12, inasmuch as the tension on the strand of hair 5| will be sumcient tocause the mandrel toback up into a position .of engagement of the pawlface II with a land II. when the holding strip 4 is in alinement withthe slot I6 when a clockwise rotation of the mandrel is stopped, thecontinued tension on the hair strand 5| will cause the mandrel to backup until the next adjacent groove is engaged by the pawl 13, "which haduntil then been riding upon thesuriace of the blank space ll. Theblanked space Ila serves to prevent the pawl from engaging the mandrel1| when the blank space I4 is alined with the slot I6. I

In the above form of device, the housing It may be extended forwardly asat I10, flush with I the forward edge of the portion of the housingwhich carries the transversely movable spreader member 35, wherefore aguard member such as shown at 55 may be omitted. It will be appreciatedthat the housing portion I30 will be provided with a suitable recess (at38' in Fig. 11) formed as an extension of the slot 36, so that the searwill be allowed to take its full transverse movement into and out ofspreadingposition. i

The composite arrangement ofa plurality of hairpins for use in thedevice, as illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15, maybe inserated in themegazine M as a body, in which case the individual pins may be ejectedfrom the device one by one as above described. In order to permit properoperation of the device, itis essential that the stacked arrangement ofhairpins be intersecured at specific points along their length, and, asshown in Figs. 14 and 15, this intersecuring of the pins is obtained byapplying a strip of adhesive'material along the return-bend portion 63,as at 8!, extending s'lightly to both sides of the longitudinal medialline of the pins indicated by the dot-dash line L. This application ofthe adhesive material will serve to resist deformation of the stack ofpins in either direction to the side of this medial line. In order toafflxthe other ends of the pins in alinement, I apply a strip ofadhesive material to the outside of the straight leg or finger 6!, as at82, closely adjacent the outermost tip of such finger, and extendingaway from such tip a distance not in excess of one-fourth the length ofthe pin. The adhesive material may comprise a. cellulose-lacquer type ofmaterial, applied to a stacked group of pins in liquid form and allowedto dry. Iii use, the action of the bolt. will shear the adhesive stripand thus secure release of a hairpin for election from the device.

Other modifications of the present invention will be apparent to thosefamiliar with the art, wherefore I do not choose to be limited to thespecific embodiments herein delineated and described, but rather to thescope of the subjoined lid; I

I claim:

i. A hair-curling device which comprises: a

mandrel member provided with a hair-receiving portion at one end;housing means rotatably supporting said mandrel member at a positionremoved from said one end; a magazine member mounted on said housingmeans and provided with a recess adapted to receive a plurality ofhairpins in stacked alinement, said recess terminating in an elongatedslot directed along the length of and adjacent to the periphery of saidi I mandrel member at a position within said housing means and openingthrough said housing means at the side thereof toward said one end ofsaid mandrel; operating bolt means mounted on said housing means andslidably movable longitudinally within said slot between a positionwholly within said slot and a position removed from said slot at theother end of said mandrel.

2. The construction set forth in claim 1, said mandrel member beingprovided with a plurality of peripherally spaced elongated grooves atsaid one end, said grooves extending longitudinally of said mandrel andadapted for respective alinement with said elongated slot at variousrotative positions of said mandrel with respect to said housing.

3. The construction set forth in claim 1, and comprising in addition,

- and holding member on one end; housing means rotatably supporting saidmandrel member; a magazine member mounted .on said housing and providedwith a recess adapted to receive a plurality of hairpins in stackedalinement, .said recess terminating in an elongated slot positionedwithin said housing and directed along the length of and adjacent to theperiphery of said mandrel member and opening through said "housing atthe side thereof toward said one end of said mandrel; operating boltmeans mounted on said housing and movable longitudinally within saidslot between positions wholly within said slot and wholly removed fromsaid slot at the other end of said mandrel; :a hairpin-spreading membermounted on said housing adjacent the open end of said slot and adaptedfor lateral movement between positions respectively in and out ofalinement with said elongated slot, and said mandrel member beingprovided with a plurality of peripherally spaced elongated grooves atsaid one end, adapted for respective alinement with said elongatedslotin said housing at various rotative positions of said mandrel memberwith respect to said housing.

The construction set forth in claim 4, and

comprising in addition, spring biasing means in elongated mandrel memberprovided with a plurality of peripherally spaced longitudinally ex- Itending grooves, said grooves extending from one nating in an elongatedslot disposed within said housing and directed along the length of saidmandrel member adjacent the periphery thereof and opening through saidhousing at the side thereof toward said one end of said mandrel; andoperating bolt means mounted on said housing and movable longitudinallywithin said elongated slot between positions wholly within said slot andwholly removed from said slot at the other end of said mandrel.

The construction set forth in claim 6, and comprising in addition, ahairpin-spreading member slidably mounted on said housing adja cent theopen end of said slot and adapted for lateral movement between aposition in alinement with said elongated slot in said housing means andclosely spaced from the periphery of said mandrel member and a positiontransversely removed out of alinement with said elongated slot in saidhousing means.

8. The construction set forth in claim 6, and

comprising in addition, a hairpin-spreading member slidably mounted onsaid housing adjacent the open end of said slot and adapted for lateralmovement between a position in alinement with said elongated slot insaid housing means and closely spaced from the periphery of said mandrelmember and a position transversely removed out of alinement with saidelongated slot in said housing means, and spring biasing means in saidmagazine member, positioned to bias contained hairpins toward saidelongated slot.

A hair-curling device which comprises: an elongated mandrel memberprovided with a longitudinally grooved hair-receiving portion at one endthereof; housing means rotatably supporting said mandrel member at theother end thereof; a hairpin-spreading member slidably mounted on saidhousing for transverse movement into and out of longitudinal alinementwith said mandrel; said housing being provided with means for receivinga. hairpin of the bobble type in longitudinal alinement with saidmandrel member with one coacting finger thereof closely engaging theperiphery thereof and the other finger directed away from suchperiphery; means for engaging said hairpin and for moving the samelongitudinally along said mandrel toward and into engagement with saidspreading member to cause the coacting fingers of said hairpin to bespread apart, while causing said one finger of said hairpin to extendalong one of the grooves in said mandrel and the other of said fingersto be spaced outwardly of the position of said groove; link meanscooperating with said lastnamed means and operable to move saidspreading member transversely out of alinement with said mandrel and outof engagement with said hairpin upon completion of longitudinal movementof said hairpin, to permit the coacting fingers of said hairpin tocollapse toward compressive engagement with one another.

10. The device set forth in claim 9, and comprising inaddition,.magazine means associated with said housing and adapted tocarry a plurality of hairpins in stacked alinement with one another, forsupply of successive hairpins to said means for receiving saidhairpins.

11. The device set forth in claim 9, and comprising in addition, detentmeans engaging said mandrel and operable to restrict the rotativemovement of said mandrel to one direction of rotation.

12. The device set forth in claim 9, and comprising in addition, detentmeans engaging said mandrel and operable to restrict the rotativemovement of said mandrel to one direction of rotation, said detent meansbeing adapted to secure alinement of one of said grooves with a hairpinin position for such longitudinal movemen 13. A hair-curling devicewhich comprises: an elongated rotatable mandrel member provided with alongitudinally grooved hair-receiving portion at one end thereof;hairpin-ejecting means adjacent said mandrel member at a positionremoved from said hair-receiving portion and adapted to efi'ect,longitudinal movement of a hairpin of the bobbie type into one of thegrooves in said mandrel member, with one of the coacting fingers of saidhairpin lying within said groove; and detent means mounted in a fixedposition relative to said mandrel member and adapted to restrict therotative movement thereof to one direction of rotation.

14. A hair-curling device which comprises: an elongated rotatablemandrel member provided with a longitudinally grooved hair-receivingportion at one end thereof; hairpin-ejecting means adjacent said mandrelmember at a position re- .moved from said hair-receiving portion andadapted to effect longitudinal movement of a hairpin of the bobble typeinto one of the grooves in said mandrel member, with one of thecoactingfingers of said hairpin lying within said groove; and a spreadermember mounted for transverse movement with respect to said mandrelmember and having an inclined surface directed' away from saidhair-receiving portion of said mandrel in position to engage thecoacting fingers of said hairpin to space the other of the coactingfingers of said hairpin away from the periphery of said mandrel member,said device including means for retracting said spreader member fromengagement with said hairpin upon completion of the longitudinalmovement of said hairpin.

15. A hair-curling device which comprises: an elongated rotatablemandrel member provided with a longitudinally grooved hair-receivingportion at one end thereof; hairpin-ejecting means adjacent said mandrelmember at a position removed from said hair-receiving portion andadapted to effect longitudinal movement of a hairpin of the bobble typeinto one of the grooves in said mandrel member, with one of the coactingfingers of said hairpin lying within said fingers normally incompressional engagement with one anotherat one end and joined togetherat their other end by a return-bend portion, one

of said fingers being substantially straight and the other of saidfingers having its tip portion extended outwardly with respect to thelength of said fingers, said hairpins being arranged in stackedalinement with the straight fingers alined along one side and theextended tip portions 70 alined along the other side; a strip 01deformable adhesive material extending along and secured

